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List Price: $29.99 | | Label: Walt Disney Video
Salesrank: 1787
Released: August 4, 2009 |
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MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
A LAS VEGAS CABBIE ENLISTS THE HELP OF A UFO EXPERT TO PROTECT TWO SIBLINGS WITH PARANORMAL POWERS FROM THE CLUTCHES OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT WANTS TO USE THE KIDS FOR THEIR NEFARIOUS PLANS.
Description of Race to Witch Mountain (Single-Disc Edition):
Loosely based on Alexander Key's novel Escape to Witch Mountain, Race to Witch Mountain is not so much a remake of the 1975 film Escape to Witch Mountain as an entirely new film based on some key plot points from the former film. When two innocent-looking teens appear in Jack Bruno's (Dwayne Johnson) cab and tell him that "we must travel in that direction," Jack thinks it's a bit strange, but shrugs it off and starts driving. Soon they're being followed and chased off the road, but is it Jack's past catching up with him or something much larger? Sara (AnnaSophia Robb) and Seth (Alexander Ludwig) reluctantly confess that they are aliens from another planet, but Jack refuses to accept their statement until Sara starts moving things with her mind and Seth slips through the body of the car and deflects the SUV that's pursuing them. Sara and Seth tell Jack that they must recover their crashed spaceship in order to save earth from being taken over by aliens, so Jack takes them to see Dr. Alex Friedman (Carla Gugino); a scientist who he met by chance and who believes in the possible existence of extra-terrestrials. While the four are initially wary of one another, Dr. Friedman provides some valuable contacts and they begin trusting one another out of sheer necessity. Soon they're battling secret government agencies, heavily armed personnel, and even a cybernetic Siphon (that looks a lot like a Cylon from Battlestar Galactica) in a desperate attempt to gain access to the heavily fortified Witch Mountain and the crashed spacecraft. Action-packed car chases dominate the film (a bit excessively, in this reviewer's opinion), but the acting and chemistry between actors is good as is the suspense and intrigue. Rated PG due to sequences of action and violence, frightening and dangerous situations, and some thematic elements. (Ages 9 and older) --Tami Horiuchi
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Race to Witch Mountain (Single-Disc Edition) Reviews:
Best of 2009 
2009-12-14 - Director Andy Fickman's "Race to Witch Mountain" (2009) will rank among the greatest all-time Sci-Fi movies. The Academy should sit up and take notice of this flick. Johnson and Gugino offer stellar performances (the Rock and the Doc bubble over with romantic chemistry) for flawed, but believable, characters.
This motion picture features a fun plot, literally to save the Earth from nasty aliens, fiery pyrotechnics, "Matrix" inspired slow-mo crash ups, hot rod chase sequences, and loads of action packed drama. It's a race away from mean feds and murderous aliens, alike, while protecting outer space teens from would out-of-this-world assassins. Yikes!!
This great departure film (for Johnson) show-cases his talent with teenagers and gives ample expression from his macho to Gugino's capable science-nerd leading lady. Their partnership is dynamite! And Ciaran Hinds' angry determined federal agent chasing everyone down, at gun point, is seriously scary. Brilliant!
"Race to Witch Mountain" is my pick for best flick of 2009. It has no excessive foul language, offers a slightly suggestive romance (with no nudity), and clearly delineates the good guys and bad guys. And good wins (which is unusual for Hollywood these days!). It's a great date movie and a wonderful gift candidate. Get it soon for your family DVD library.
My son's movie purchase
2009-12-02 - My 9 year old son wanted to buy Race to Witch Mountain with his own money because he loves this movie. We looked on Amazon.com for one he could afford that was new. It came quickly, all in once piece and he has watched it multiple times already!
The Rock goes to Witch Mountain 
2009-11-30 - Ok, so I'm one of those action/si-fi nuts. I watch most everything The Rock does. Some of it's good, some of it's not so good. This movie is geared to younger people, so you have to keep that in mind. My son is still a little young for it. It's cool. I probably won't be watching it again anytime soon, but if you haven't seen it just be prepared for a Rock movie aimed at younger people. If I didn't own it, I'd probably still buy it on-sale or second hand or something.
Music wrecked movie! 
2009-11-24 - This movie should have been a four star movie but because of the horrible music, I gave it two stars. Trust me, the music wrecked the movie! Disney, I don't know why you used sub par music for this movie. I almost turned the movie off because of the sub b-flick music. Too loud, and just wrong music. It didn't match the movie. Just imagine sitting and watching Disney's Cinderella, then throw in some Rap music. It just don't fly. Way to go Disney! I'll be selling my copy of this movie for under $5.00
More PC Crapola 
2009-11-13 - The usual mindless chase scenes, explosions, and aliens who couldn't hit the broad side of a barn from the inside. Still, I was suspending much of the disbelief necessary to finish this film . . . until the PC drivel entered in. Yeah, yeah, yeah, their planet is dying because of years of neglecting the atmosphere, the military on their planet is the bad guy, blah, blah, blah, the Men in Black from the US government are violent and hideously unforgiving, blah, blah, blah. More propaganda from the "hate your own country" crowd.
Wouldn't let my child watch this.
